Eden Must Go

Martin Worth's play comes from his experiences of going up to Cambridge University in 1945 when he'd just left school.

But the majority of his fellow students were men who had just fought in the war and had learnt to grow up more quickly.

The experience of war had marked them, but not in the way you might expect...

Starring Charles Simpson.

Written by Martin Worth.

Stephen Pym - Charles Simpson

Alan Wicks - Keith Drinkel

Elizabeth Noble - Victoria Carling

PauI Darcy - Brett Usher

Alister Gray - Andrew Wincott

Nevil Hadley - Mark Straker

Ivor Rossiter - David Learner

Dr Noble - Terence Edmond

Mrs Noble - Ann Windsor

Dawkins - Ronald Herdman

Ted Baines - Matthew Long

Amanda Baines - Siriol Jenkins

Headmaster/Jack Balderton - Eric Allan

Markham/Rupert - Nicholas Murchie

Director: Jane Morgan

It's 1945 and Stephen Pym has won a scholarship to Cambridge.

It's 1945 and on VE Day, Stephen Pym learns that he has won a scholarship to Cambridge. Stars Charles Simpson.

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